The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Desktop Engineer
Rank 853 880 868
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Engineer 7 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.006% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 3
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% +1.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £27,000 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £33,500 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £27,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
+12.96% +12.50%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Desktop Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Desktop Engineer within the UK.

Senior Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Desktop Engineer over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Desktop Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Desktop Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +35 6 £41,250 +37.50%
England +10 6 £41,250 +52.77%
City of London - 4 £28,250 -
Aberdeen +4 1 £30,500 -12.85%
Scotland -5 1 £30,500 -12.85%

Senior Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Desktop Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (80.00%) Windows
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 8 (53.33%) SCCM
5 7 (46.67%) MS Office
6 6 (40.00%) Sophos
6 6 (40.00%) MSI
6 6 (40.00%) Software Packaging
6 6 (40.00%) Law
6 6 (40.00%) VMware
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (33.33%) MS Project
7 5 (33.33%) McAfee
7 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
7 5 (33.33%) LANDesk
7 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
7 5 (33.33%) WSUS
7 5 (33.33%) InstallShield
7 5 (33.33%) Interwoven
7 5 (33.33%) Adobe
7 5 (33.33%) MS Visio
8 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (20.00%) DNS
9 3 (20.00%) MCSE
10 2 (13.33%) MS Excel

Senior Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Desktop Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (40.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
2 5 (33.33%) MS Project
2 5 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) LAN
2 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
2 2 (13.33%) Intranet
2 2 (13.33%) SAN
3 1 (6.667%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MSI
2 5 (33.33%) InstallShield
General
1 6 (40.00%) Law
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Retail
2 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 8
5 1 (6.667%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Workflow
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (20.00%) MCSE
3 2 (13.33%) MCDST
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (6.667%) VTSP
4 1 (6.667%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (6.667%) A+ Certification
4 1 (6.667%) CCNA
4 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.667%) MCSA
System Software
1 13 (86.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCCM
2 5 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Sophos
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) McAfee
3 5 (33.33%) LANDesk
3 5 (33.33%) Interwoven
3 5 (33.33%) Adobe
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) IBM
5 1 (6.667%) Fidessa
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are working with one of Aberdeen's most successful IT solutions companies to recruit a Senior Desktop Support Engineer's for exciting new permanent position. This...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
Our client, a Specialist Investment Banking Group based in London is looking for a Senior Desktop Support Engineer , with a genuine passion for IT and technology and an...
Skye Group
Salary: £50,000 per annum with Company Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Central London
Responsibilities would include resolving IT support requests via our remedy ticket management tool, assisting with ticket queue management, creating and maintaining quality IT support documentation, working on bespoke...
Accenture
Salary: £28k to £31k depending on experience, plus excellent benefits package including paid overtime.
Posted: 20 May 2013